Semrad v. Semrad

This is an appeal by the State from a judgment of the district court for Saline County dismissing its petition in intervention in a partition suit by which it sought an order confirming the escheat of certain lands to the State that were involved in such proceeding.

The record shows that James Semrad died intestate in Saline County, Nebraska, on September 14, 1954. He was a widower at the time of his death and he left no issue or parent surviving. He left surviving a number of heirs all of whom were nonresident aliens residing in Czechoslovakia. The lands in question do not lie within the…